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Recent Legislation

New H. R. 4310:  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.  (See section beginning with 1621.)

H. R. 4206:  Contracting Oversight for Small Business Jobs Act of 2012

H. R. 4203:  Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012

H. R. 4081:  Contractor Opportunity Protection Act of 2012

H. R. 3987:  Small Business Protection Act of 2012

H. R. 3985:  Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012

S. 2172:  Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act of 2012

H. R. 3850:  Government Efficiency through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012

H. R. 3851:  Small Business Advocate Act of 2012

H. R. 3893:  Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act of 2012

H. R. 3980:  Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012

H. R. 4048:  Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2011

H. R. 4118:  Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012

H. R. 4121:  Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012

H. R. 4081:  Contractor Opportunity Protection Act of 2012

H. R. 3779:  Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act of 2012

H. R. 3754:  Not Too Small to Succeed in Business Act of 2011

H. R. 585:  Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011.

H. R. 3438:  annual goal for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

S. 1756:  HUBZone Protection Act of 2011.

H. R. 3184:  Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2011

H. R. 1425:  Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011

H. R. 1657:  misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern.

S. 633:  Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention Act of 2011.

H. R. 585:  Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011.


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Agency Small Business Offices

Department of Defense
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

More agency small business offices


Legal Decisions

Bid Protest Decisions FAR PART 19

SBA Office of Hearings & Appeals Decisions Precedent Decisions

Recent Rules

Small Business Administration

New Acquisition Process:  Task and Delivery Order Contracts, Bundling, Consolidation.  (PDF Version (May 16, 2012)

New Small Business Size Regulations:  Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.  (PDF Version (May 15, 2012)

Correction to Small Business Size Regulations:  Business Development/Small Disadvantaged Business Status Determinations published on February 21, 2011.   (PDF Version)  See February 11, 2011 document.  (May 14, 2012)

Small Business Size Standards:  Transportation and Warehousing (PDF Version)  (February 24, 2012)

Small Business Size Standards:  Health Care and Social Assistance (PDF Version)  (February 24, 2012)

Small Business Size Standards:  Professional, Technical, and Scientific Services.  (PDF Version (February 10, 2012)

Surety Bond Guarantee Program:  Quick Bond Guarantee Application and Agreement.  (PDF Version (February 6, 2012

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program.  (PDF Version (January 12, 2012)

Small Business Subcontracting.  (PDF Version)  (December 1, 2011)

Educational Services.  (PDF Version (November 15, 2011)

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing.  (PDF Version (November 15, 2011)

Reopening comment period for Small Business Size and Status Integrity shown below.  (PDF Version (November 8, 2011)

Small Business Size and Status Integrity.  (PDF Version)

Small Business Jobs Act of 2010; business lending, disaster lending, and contract bundling.  (PDF Version (October 13, 2011)

Small Business Size Standards:
Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services
.  (PDF Version (October 12, 2011)

Small Business Subcontracting.  (PDF Version (October 5, 2011)

Office of Management and Budget

Accelerating Payments to Small Businesses for Goods and Services.  (September 15, 2011)

Small Business Administration

HUBZone Program:  Government Contracting Programs.  (PDF Version (July 21, 2011)

Notice of Denial to Waive the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Eyeglass Frames.  (PDF Version (July 18, 2011)

Terminating a waiver of
the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Service Code (PSC) 9130, Liquid Propellants
.  (PDF Version (July 18, 2011)

Department of Defense

Increase Dynamic Small Business Role in the Defense Marketplace.  (pdf)  (June 28, 2011)

Small Business Administration

Correction to waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule.   (PDF Version (June 16, 2011)

Proposed retraction of a Class Waiver from the Nonmanufacturer
Rule for Product Service Code (PSC) 9130, Liquid Propellants
.  (PDF Version (June 3, 2011)

Small Business Size Standards:  Transportation and Warehousing.  (PDF Version (May 13, 2011)

Small Business Size Standards; Professional, Scientific and Technical Services.  (PDF Version (May 13, 2011)

8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes:  Tribal Consultation Meetings.  (PDF Version (May 13, 2011)

Waivers of Nonmanufacturer Rule:  for GEN II and GEN III Image Intensifier Tubes.  (PDF Version)  (May 11, 2011)

Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Eyeglass Frames.  (PDF Version (April 26, 2011)

More rules

Small Business Blogs

Blog Organization
Chief Visionary Blog The American Small Business Coalition
SCORE Success Blog SCORE
Small Business Federal Government Contracting  
Small Business Watchdog SBA, Office of Advocacy
SDVOSB Blog PrepFire Solutions
VAntage Point Department Of Veterans Affairs

Government Needs, Contracting Offices &  Awards

Federal Needs & Awards ― FedBizOpps.Gov
Supplier-connection
Mentor-Protégé Forum March 27 - August 7, 2012
State, County, & Local Contracting Offices
Federal Procurement Data System ― Next Generation
USASpending.gov

Events

Events at Wifcon Forum page.

Recent News

Small Business Administration

Eighteen small businesses and six individuals were honored for the critical role they play in research and development and for success in driving innovation and creating new jobs (April 26, 2012)

National Small Business Week Video Contest:  America Competes Reauthorization Act Of 2011.  (PDF Version (April 24, 2012)

Ask the Expert: Women’s Small Business Open Forum.  (March 15, 2012)

October Web Chat Revisits Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program (October 21, 2011)


Audits, Reports & Hearings

Hearings

House Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform

Statements from a February 7, 2012 hearing entitled—Jobs for Wounded Warriors: Increasing Access to Contracts for Service Disabled Veterans (February 8, 2012)

House Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations  

Webcast and statements from an October 26, 2011, hearing entitled--Misrepresentation and Fraud: Bad Actors in the Small Business Procurement Programs (October 28, 2011) 

House Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce

Statements from a September 15, 2011, hearing entitled:  Subpar Subcontracting: Challenges for Small Businesses Contractors.  (October 10, 2011)

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Webcast and statements from a September 15, 2011, hearing entitled:  Disaster Recovery: Evaluating the Role of America’s Small Business in Rebuilding Their Communities (September 16, 2011)

House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce

Statements from a September 15, 2011, hearing entitled: Helping Small Businesses Compete: Challenges Within Programs Designed to Assist Small Contractors (September 16, 2011)

House Small Business Committee

Statements from a September 15, 2011, hearing entitled: Beyond the Size Standards: Sustainability of Small Business Graduates(September 16, 2011)

House Subcommittees on Economic Opportunity and Oversight and Investigations

Webcast and statements from a July 26, 2011, hearing entitled:  Evaluating the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Certification Process (July 29, 2011)

Senate Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight

Webcast and statements from a July 26, 2011, hearing entitled:  Small Business Contracts: How Oversight Failures and Regulatory Loopholes Allow Large Businesses to Get and Keep Small Business Contracts (July 27, 2011)

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Webcast and statements from a hearing entitled:  An Examination of SBA Programs: Eliminating Inefficiencies, Duplications, Fraud and Abuse (June 17, 2011)

House Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce

Video and statements for a May 26, 2011 hearing entitled:  Defer No More: The Need to Repeal the 3% Withholding Provision (May 27, 2011)

House Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access and Tax

Statements from a May 5, 2011 hearing entitled:  Professional Services: Proposed Changes to the Small Business Size Standards.  (May 9, 2011)

House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

Webcast of May 5, 2011, mark-up of H. R. 1657.  (May 9, 2011)

Webcast and statements of a May 3, 2011, hearing on H. R. 1657.  (May 9, 2011)


Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Webcast and statements from an April 7, 2011 hearing entitled:  Promise Fulfilled: The Role of the SBA 8(a) Program in Enhancing Economic Development in Indian Country (April 8, 2011)


Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Statements and webcast from a March 1, 2010 hearing entitled: Closing the Gap: Exploring Minority Access to Capital and Contracting Opportunities.  (March 7, 2011)


House Committee on Small Business

Oversight of the Small Business Administration and its Programs Opening statement.  (July 29, 2010)

More hearings by topic

Audits

Department of Defense

Inadequate Controls Over the DoD Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside Program Allow Ineligible Contractors to Receive Contracts.  (pdf)  (February 29, 2012)

Government Accountability Office

DOD Weapon Systems: Missed Trade-off Opportunities During Requirements ReviewsHighlights(pdf)  (June 17, 2011)

Small Business Contracting: Action Needed by Those Agencies Whose Advocates Do Not Report to Agency Heads as RequiredHighlights (pdf)  (June 17, 2011)

Small Business Contracting: Survey of 25 Agency Advocates—an E-supplement.  (June 17, 2011)

National Aeronautics And Space Administration  Review of NASA's Management of Its Small Business Innovation Research Program.  (pdf)  (January 13, 2011)

Government Accountability Office Small Business Administration: Undercover Tests Show HUBZone Program Remains Vulnerable to Fraud and AbuseHighlights.  (pdf)  (July 29, 2010)
Government Accountability Office 8(a) Program: Fourteen Ineligible Firms Received $325 Million in Sole-Source and Set-Aside ContractsHighlights.  (pdf)  (April 30, 2010)

Other Reports

Small Business Administration The HUBZone Program Report(pdf)  (June 3, 2008)

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